Functional object - Patient feeding cup, Globe Pottery, Victorian Hospitals Association Feeding Cup, 1920's -!930's

Historical information

Cup used to assist with patient nutrition

Significance

Used in patient care

Physical description

Spouted white ceramic feeding cup with handle on side. Crest of the Victorian Hospitals Association [words in a circular banner around a cross pattee] is stamped in blue above the spout.On base, stamped in blue, "STEELITE" VITRIFIED GLOBE POTTERY CO LTD ENGLAND SUPPLIED BY J. DYNON & SON MELBOURNE

Inscriptions & markings

Previous catalogue number written on small white sticker on base. Underneath the spout is a white sticker stamped "ALRED NURSES ARCHIVES

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